News and Highlights

Daniel Kidder-McQuown was installed by the O‘ahu Association as Settled Pastor of Waipahu United Church of Christ on Sunday, May 17.

The Hawai'i Island Association held their 'Aha Mokupuni on May 16, 2026, with an Ecclesiastical Council to grant Privilege of Call to Rev. Eric Page at Hokuloa UCC.

A Community Vigil for Peace was held to honor the 75,000+ killed in Gaza since October 2023 with over 1,000 names read aloud by representatives of various faiths.

The Kaua‘i Association gathered for their Spring Mokupuni on May 16, 2026.

On Thursday, April 23, 13 deserving young Samoan students were awarded Lumana‘i Scholarships at the 24th Annual Awards Ceremony at Farrington High School on O‘ahu. The Lumana‘i Awards have been a project of the O‘ahu Association of the Hawai‘i Conference. High school seniors may apply for these scholarships and awards, given in several categories, including academic achievement, leadership and community service, scholar athlete, science, social work, and visual arts.

Christians of various churches and traditions gathered for the 125th Annual Ecumenical Easter Sunrise Service at Pūowaina "Hill of Sacrifice" on the grounds of the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific ("Punchbowl") in Honolulu, Hawai‘i on Easter morning, April 5, 2026.

Several Hawai‘i Conference clergy attended the No Dictators rally this past weekend. Read their reflections.

Emergency Grant assistance is available to those affected by flooding through the United Church Board for Ministerial Assistance (UCBMA), the philanthropic arm of the Pension Boards. These grants are available to active or retired UCC clergy, lay church workers, and Members in Discernment.

A new fund has been set up through the National Offices of the United Church of Church to collect and distribute monetary donations to support congregations and individuals impacted by these back-to-back Kona lows.

Two back-to-back Kona low storms pummeled the Hawaiian islands relentlessly over the past two weeks. While the Conference is still receiving updates from various congregations and several roads around the state are still impassable, we do know that a number of churches had roof damage, water intrusion with damage, downed trees, as well as muck and debris on their church property. Countless families in our congregations and in the surrounding communities have suffered immeasur